The Constitutional Dictatorship of Shadow Metropolis is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Supreme Leader Paul with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.199 billion Metropolisians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shadow Metropolisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,145 trillion SMDS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 159,091 SMDS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, and the election for Supreme Leader Paul's office's janitor is heating up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadow Metropolis's national animal is the Patriotic Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Shadow Metropolis is ranked 4,312^th in the world and 1^st in Phonoe 36Z for Lowest Crime Rates, with 120.14 law-abiding acts per hour.